Tatara renews Acton lease
Tatara Systems, a company building products for the mobile convergence market, recently renewed its lease of 11,526 square feet at 35 Nagog Office Park in Acton. The space will undergo significant improvements, particularly to its existing lab. After a thorough search, the company said it found the location and its existing lab infrastructure to be superior to alternative properties. The address, owned by ND/Winrock Acton LLC, is a three-story story, 95,000-square foot Class A office building in the 500,000-square-foot Nagog Office Park. Lincoln Property Co. represented Tatara Systems. The landlord was represented by Richards, Barry, Joyce & Partners.

Eastern Bank gives $6,000 to Boys & Girls Clubs
Eastern Bank recently donated $6,000 to the Boys & Girls Clubs of MetroWest through a new program that rewards area boys and girls clubs each time the Sox win. Through its charitable foundation, the bank agreed to donate $500 to the Boys & Girls Clubs of MetroWest for each Red Sox victory in July. Since the Sox won 12 games, the club received a total of $6,000. Each month, a new club will be designated to receive $500 for each Sox victory. The MetroWest organization is based in Marlborough.

Hudson’s 2 Cabot Road sells for $3.8 million
R.W. Holmes Realty Co. Inc. in Wayland recently announced the sale of 2 Cabot Road in Hudson to Cabot Woods LLC, a subsidiary of K&L Realty LLC of Worcester. R.W. Holmes represented K&L in the $3.8 million purchase. The address is a red brick office/research and development building with tinted ribbon windows, atrium lobby, two stories and 147,000 square feet of space on an 18.4-acre wooded campus. K&L plans extensive upgrades including a redesigned lobby and new HVAC system. The office park was also re-branded as Cabot Woods. VMY Vitols Architects of Needham is overseeing the renovations. Newmark Knight Frank represented the seller, NB MS Cabot LLC. R.W. Holmes Realty was named the exclusive marketing agent to lease the remaining the building’s 110,000 square feet.

Digital Reef publishes software benchmark
Digital Reef, a Boxborough-based software provider of the first massively scalable and open solutions for eDiscovery and digital information governance, recently announced the industry’s first Open eDiscovery Software Performance Benchmark (SPB). The Open SPB was established to fill a void in the industry of a true standard of measurement of eDiscovery performance. Digital Reef partnered with BlueArc Corp. to create the benchmark, which measures specific eDiscovery technology attributes based on the Electronic Discovery Reference Model.

Credit union donates $10K for fireworks display
St. Mary’s Credit Union in Marlborough recently donated $10,000 to fund a fireworks display to celebrate Marlborough’s 350th anniversary. The fireworks will take place Sept. 5 and will cap off a years’ worth of activities celebrating the anniversary.

National Grid gas rate hike request challenged by officials
BOSTON - Massachusetts officials are questioning hundreds of thousands of dollars in National Grid expenses as the utility requests natural gas rate hikes that could boost consumer bills by up to 11 percent. A spokeswoman for the attorney general tells the Boston Herald that in the process of reviewing the rate hike request, the office found at least $300,000 worth of "outrageous" expenses - including nearly $36,000 to send a top executive’s daughters to a private school. Under state law, utilities are prohibited from forwarding costs to consumers unless they directly benefit ratepayers. The spokeswoman says some of National Grid’s expenses "clearly provide no benefit" to consumers. The utility is seeking a $106 million-per-year hike that will increase bills for 850,000 customers by 4 to 11 percent. A utility spokeswoman says "the vast majority" of the questioned expenses have been eliminated.

Wal-Mart asks court to dump gender discrimination suit
WASHINGTON - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has asked the Supreme Court to throw out a massive class action lawsuit alleging gender discrimination over pay for female workers. Wal-Mart is the world’s largest private employer and could face billions of dollars in legal damages if the lawsuit is heard and it loses. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in April that Wal-Mart should face charges in court that it pays women less than men for the same jobs. The lawsuit was first filed by six women in federal court in 2001. They also allege that female employees receive fewer promotions and have to wait longer for those promotions. The company, based in Bentonville, Ark., filed its appeal with the Supreme Court Wednesday.

(Associated Press & Daily News staff)

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